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Gold reserves by country
Visual Capitalist's benchmark bar chart drew 23.6K views on X: 1.0x its typical post and #62 of 133 Visual Capitalist charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
Visualized: How Much Gold Is in Fort Knox? 🪙
Why it spread
This post spread because a polished, self-explaining benchmark bar chart about gold reserves in Fort Knox earned 208 likes, 66 reposts, 10 quotes, 58 saves and 23,605 views from an account in data journalism, with a quote rate in the top quarter and source reach in the top quarter.
What worked
- The chart type is benchmark bars, which makes a visual comparison of gold reserves across countries using gold bar stacks easy to grasp at a glance.
- The design polish is high and self labelling is high, so the chart explains itself without extra reading.
- The post is branded, shows a source line, and uses a medium unusual form, which supports trust and shareability.
What to borrow
We could use the same benchmark bar form and self explaining framing for our own data by comparing our own categories with clear labels and a visible source line.
Careful
Do not over read the result: the account typical likes, times the account normal, points and comments are not available, so we cannot claim this beat the account's usual performance or that comments drove it.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Visual Capitalist.
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Your numbers, in this bar chart.
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Questions people ask
How far did Visual Capitalist's "Gold reserves by country" chart travel?
23,605 views, 208 likes, 66 reposts and 58 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @VisualCap gets about 23.1K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A benchmark bar chart. Visual comparison of gold reserves across countries using gold bar stacks.
Can I use Visual Capitalist's chart?
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